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November 2017 Welcome back to our regulars and a very warm welcome aboard to our new recruits. We are finding that some of our new recruits have some great stories to tell. You may have heard of one initiative from your alumni; the annual Heritage Writing Competition as part of the AAFC Centenary Project. For our first year, the competition is limited to current Cadets and Staff members, but hopefully, with some fundraising, we would like to include our alumni in the competition in future years as we know there are many stories out there. Gathering the material for 75 Years Aloft: the history of the Air Training Corps and Australian Air Force Cadets was hard work for the AAFC Historian, Matthew Glozier. With our writing competition, we hope to add to the repository in readiness for the Centenary of Cadets. Today will be history in 24 years and we would like to see more recent activities and events captured through the competition as well as stories of times past. There is a Flyer promoting the competition later in the magazine, so check it out and look out for more detail with the launch of the competition on 11 November. Perhaps you know of a friend or relative who is currently serving in the AAFC and you might like to encourage their participation in the competition. And, as always, we welcome donations to help fund initiatives such as this worthwhile initiative. If you like what you read in your magazine, you are most welcome to share and invite your friends who are ex Cadet or Staff members to join our Alumni. If you don’t like what you are reading please tell us, [email protected] We hope that our magazine helps to remind you of your time in our great organization, and don’t forget we are always on the lookout for articles and photographs that you may like to share. Please update your email address when you change providers. Perhaps it may change when you go to NBN. We understand that you may be accessing the newsletter from the web site, but sometimes we just might like to contact you direct. In particular, those who have a Cadetnet or Defence email address may have trouble with our emails. You might like to check with your friends to see if they have been getting our emails. Our regular Newsletter is sent by email at 1000 on 1 November, 1 February, 1 May and 1 August. We have also found that many current staff members believe that they are not entitled to join the alumni. Not so, it is open to all ex Cadets, ex Staff, current Staff, both uniform and civilian. We also invite our friends from likeminded organizations. In this edition, we continue with aviation stories, work that our alumni are up to and an insight to what our current cadets are doing, including the International Air Cadet Exchange and Dinner,

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hosted by CAF that I was fortunate enough to attend. I also attended the 202 Squadron Freedom of Entry parade. We have a Contents Page now and I would also like to see a link from the Contents Page to individual articles, but that is a Work in Progress. We will endeavour to keep you informed about activities as we hear of them from the Wings or through the grapevine of facebook. You can help us out if you hear of news from the AAFC Wing in your area. Once again, we have our quiz for your interest and hopefully this Quiz will appeal to you. I didn’t think we were going to receive many submissions for the August quiz, but our usual contenders provided support. Thanks to Mick, Haydn, Rob and this time our alumni committee member, Ray. Keep up the great work. At least we know that some of our magazine is being read! My sincere thanks to those who have taken the time to provide material and feedback. We have a couple of regular readers who help out with spotting material that may interest to our Alumni. Your feedback helps to shape the content we include in each edition so please keep it coming. We look forward to your contribution. We have been trying to increase our exposure and possible increase our membership. To that end, we have made contact with numerous Aviation Museums, Aviation organizations and Airlines. We have offered to provide some space in our newsletters to showcase their operations while at the same time, they display our material. We have been delighted with the support offered to date and we can now start with links for three of them. You can check them out at our section, ‘What are our Alumni up to?’ If you think you have missed out on some of the earlier Alumni Newsletters, the good news is you haven’t! They are available on the Air Cadets Alumni website, www.aircadetsalumni.org.au and go to the Bulletin Board. John Griffiths, MBE Alumni Director Contents Regular Features ........................................................................................ 4

Ordering Information – 75 years Aloft ............................................................................................ 4

August Quiz Questions and Answers............................................................................................... 5

November Quiz Questions ............................................................................................................. 19

Letters............................................................................................................................................. 28

Now back to our roots ................................................................................ 31

What are our Alumni up to? ........................................................................ 32

AAFC Centenary Project ............................................................................................................... 32

Owen Zupp ..................................................................................................................................... 33

Bob Gannaway ............................................................................................................................... 33

Membership Leads ......................................................................................................................... 33

Upgraded plane spotters' lookout honours community legend ...................................................... 35

From John Love ............................................................................................................................. 35

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2 Wing School of Aviation 40 Year Reunion ................................................................................ 36

Upcoming Events...................................................................................... 44

2 Wing School of Aviation Annual Dinner ................................................................................... 44

Stories of Interest ..................................................................................... 46

WING COMMANDER PETER ISAACSON AM, DFC, AFC, DFM ......................................... 46

KC 30 Video .................................................................................................................................. 49

Inside the vintage bombers NASA is using to chase the rare event .............................................. 50

Vulcan raid on the Falklands ......................................................................................................... 50

The right place at the right time ..................................................................................................... 50

Two WW2 Planes Collided Over Australia, Then The Pilot Who Saved Them Was Punished ... 50

OODA Loop 2.0 Information, Not Agility, is Life ........................................................................ 55

PEARL HARBOUR, Things you might not have known ............................................................. 58

A Canopy Breaking Tool in your Car ............................................................................................ 60

Alpha Jetman – Human Flight and Beyond ................................................................................... 60

CANADA COULD BUY SECOND HAND F/A-18 HORNETS FROM THE RAAF ................ 60

What our Cadets are up to .......................................................................... 61

BOMBER COMMAND MEMORIAL SERVICE ........................................................................ 61

International Air Cadet Exchange .................................................................................................. 62

Dinner hosted by CAF ................................................................................................................ 62

Inbound IACE Cadets visit Queensland Aviation Museum .................................................. 63

202 Squadron AAFC receives Freedom of Entry .......................................................................... 63

Cadets visit USS Ronald Reagan ................................................................................................... 64

418SQN .......................................................................................................................................... 65

223 Squadron Cadet News (E.Mag) .............................................................................................. 65

And our Ex Cadets ......................................................................................................................... 65

A CADETS LIFE in 5 minutes ...................................................................................................... 66

Feedback ................................................................................................ 67

Keep in Touch // 2017 + Beyond ................................................................................................... 67

Don’t forget to update your email address when NBN comes to you ........................................... 69

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Regular Features Ordering Information – 75 years Aloft

75 Years Aloft: Royal Australian Air Force Air Training Corps: Australian Air Force Cadets, 1941-2016 available via

This book celebrates 75 years of Air Force cadet activity in Australia, 1941-2016. The organisation has had a tremendous impact upon the lives of tens-of-thousands of Australians over our 75 year history. Since 1982 it has enhanced the lives of young women as well as men. The book begins in WWII with the need to pre-train capable and committed “keen lads”. Over 30,000 Australian boys were air cadets 1941-1945 with almost 13,000 going on to active service in the war. Air Force cadets survived into peacetime to become an aviation focussed youth development organisation, providing flying training in a military atmosphere with the aim of inspiring cadets to join the RAAF. There are currently over 8,000 Air Force cadets and adult staff around Australia. Aviation centred youth development in a RAAF service environment remains our central focus. Hardcover (case wrap): AU$38.24 http://www.lulu.com/author/content_revise.php?fCID=17966244 Hardcover (dust jacket): AU$44.99 http://www.lulu.com/author/content_revise.php?fCID=18204026 Soft cover: AU$25.70 http://www.lulu.com/author/content_revise.php?fCID=17966244 eBook: AU$6.99 http://www.lulu.com/author/content_revise.php?fCID=18203669

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August Quiz Questions and Answers After a little prompting, we received answers from our team, Mick Gilbert, Haydn Neal, Robert Nieuwenhoven and a new contender for the prize, our committee member, Ray Gibson. The following answers are from our readers with some minor additions:

1. Nice and easy to start with. From Mick Gilbert: That is a TWA Douglas DC-1 at Glendale, California

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2. Is it the ISS? From Mick: That looks like one of the sensor operator stations on a P2V-7 (SP-2H) Neptune, the AN/APS-20 surface-search radar station maybe? Good call Ray.

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3. Location? Mick, Ray and Rob all called it correctly as RAAF Richmond.

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4. Who? Mick went for extra points: That is Igor Sikorsky at the controls of an early Sikorsky S-48, Haydn, Robert and Ray all were correct with Igor.

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5. What? From Mick: Looks like a recon pod in its transport cradle. Not sure which aircraft it’s from, though. We had a couple of suggestions that it was from either the U2 or SR71. Sorry, I can’t disclose that.

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6. Where would you find this?

Best answer was from Rob: On a wartime airfield (usually). It’s Pierced Steel Planking, used to make runways, taxiways and hardstands. Often called, Marsden Matting.

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7. What is it and for bonus points, where? Some good answers but Rob picked it as: Supermarine Seagull III in Port Moresby

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8. Any ideas? From Mick: That is Boeing's avionics modernization program (AMP) all-glass, all-digital cockpit upgrade for the C-130 Hercules. Good call from Robert and Ray.

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9. What and where? From Robert: Maunsell defensive UK forts built during WWII to protect against invasion at Redsands. Good answers from all. Ray admitted to flying over them.

The Maunsell Forts are armed towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. They were operated as army and navy forts, and named after their designer, Guy Maunsell. The forts were decommissioned in the late 1950s and later used for other activities including pirate radio broadcasting.

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10. An easy one. What and where? Mick Gilbert suggested: It's obviously a cocooned CH-47 Chinook sans engines and rotors; I'm going to say it's A15-106 at the RAAF Museum Point Cook. Well done all.

11. Senior Service question. Best answer from Mick: That is the Royal Australian Navy Adelaide-class (modified US Navy Oliver Hazard Perry-class) guided-missile frigate, HMAS Melbourne (FFG-05). All correct.

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12. The connection?

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Now this is where we separate the men from the buoys.

Josemond Buttigieg: The only explain that I can give is that, that yacht (matelot) was used in 1942 under WGCDR Snook for his yearly cruise from Fremantle to garden island where by he would take cadets sailing and prepare these cadets on how to sail yachts especially since the cadets onboard are aircrew cadets. The photo looks like somewhere in garden island being greeted or leaving Fremantle

Robert: The cutter Rani (partly crewed by RAAF members?) at the Sydney – Hobart start Mick: I have no idea. Despite the aquatic setting the flag appears to be a RAAF, rather than a RAN, ensign. The body of water doesn't look that wide so I'm wondering if it might be the Brisbane River. Maybe some sort of review from the jetty at the old RAAF Centre Brisbane, Shafston House, Thorn Street, Kangaroo Point which was also the Headquarters for the QAIRTC at the time? Haydn: Intro to SAR? Ray: My guess is that the yacht was used to demonstrate to cadets the principles of sailing which mirror the principles of flight – or so I have read. As a non-sailor, it is not something I have experienced. Good answer Ray. This is one of the ways that basic aerodynamics was taught to the cadets.

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13. To close. From Haydn: M113AS4 – The turret is the dead giveaway’ cut n shut stretched bucket. (I was RAAC so I can say that.) Most identified it as the M113 and Rob specified the M113A4, so all, well done Thanks Rob for giving up some time from your OTS course. It was looking as if we were running on empty for answers.

More from Mike Swan in our Letters.

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PSP in use, WHS lesson.

The Editor, as a young boggie, on PSP a little worse for wear in Vietnam

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November Quiz Questions

1. Can you smell a…

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2. Aircraft type?

3. Type?

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4. Any suggestions?

5. What is the connection?

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6. What sort of beast is this?

7. Anything strange here?

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8. Any ideas?

9. The location from our last quiz; now can you identify the aircraft?

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10. Aircraft?

11. A very significant photograph. Why?

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12. Aircraft type?

13. What on Earth?

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14. What is happening here?

15. How many can you identify?

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16. What is the external plumbing?

17. Do you need a clue?

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18. Where? Letters Hi John and Brady Congratulations on yet another entertaining and interesting publication. With respect to the photograph of 11 Flight QAIRTC staff and students, and the names of those involved, I may be able to shed some light. Back row, left to right: Doug Nizette, Steve Manton, Nev Currey (Probably. A little hard to tell for sure with the hat and glasses), Gordon Bradberry, Ken Broomhead, Col Hall, Don Scott, ?, ?, ?, David Thorne, __ Roberts and Peter Hoveling Front row: ?, Phillip Turner, ?, ?, Brad Marsh, ?, Mark Trotman, ?, ?, ?, Don Smith The photograph was possibly taken late 1978 but probably during 1979. Phillip Turner is wearing the flying suit we were both given by the US Air Force as the two Australian participants in the original (post 1975 disbandment) IACE in 1978. (Photo below pre dispatch. This was taken by Mal Lancaster [Defence PR] on the lawns of the RAAF Support Unit, Kangaroo Point aka Shafston House). We were fortunate that at the time the six-week life changing experience was fully funded by the Australian and US governments. Our escort officer was David Currey, son of Nev and one of the original QFIs at the flying school from its beginning in 1977. David conducted the classroom content of the flying course for 12 months each Friday night at Shafston House during the first year of the school’s operation in 1977. This culminated in the first flying course held at RAAF Base Amberley during January 1978. We used the 1 Squadron crew rooms as our base thanks to Nev’s close friend and long-time supporter of the school; WGCDR Gordon French. David sent me solo on that course (much to my delight and complete surprise) which cemented my desire to secure a flying career.

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I have Don Smith on my list of people who I am trying to contact for the 40th anniversary reunion. I would be please if you would forward my contact details to him with a request for him to contact me. Thanks, and regards Rod

Hi John,

Just reading the latest Alumni Magazine .

The airdrome photo has to be of RAAF Richmond?

Also the tarmac photo with NZ Canberras, etc is on RAAF AMB hardstand with original “P’ hut Air Movement’s Section to immediate right background.

My Uncle Selwyn Coomber was CPL OIC of Air Movements around that time so I knew that building well.

I was also involved with that joint NZ, USAF exercise and actually have some official photos of the event.

For incidental info, those NZ Canberras has suffered significant hail damage on landing arrival from NZ which I could tell a yarn about ..

George Hatchman [ Subject: Re: AMB early 1960íes

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I was on RAAF AMB duty crew at the time and the NZ Canberras were on last leg of flight from NZ & low on fuel so were committed to descend & land thru a hail storm .. I remember well as I had to go out in that weather and marshal one in and got my new Waltham watch (a gift from my Mum who had recently won 1st prize in the Golden Casket) face glass smashed by a hail stone .. the hail had also badly impacted and smashed the aluminium wing leading edge & anti ice surfaces on one aircraft in particular so it didn't get involved in sorties and remained at AMB for months past the exercise until RNZAF Techos eventually flew back in a Bristol Freighter with tins of car bog which they filled in the dings to fly aircraft home to effect actual metallurgy repairs .. I still have that damaged watch .. and the memories!! 😊😊G Twin Barry & I were both 7Flight ATC Nambour High School & enlisted in RAAF together as Apprentice Aircraft Instrument Fitters on 15th Jan 1963. Thanks George You both have stirred up some long-forgotten memories. I recall you fixing that watch George & I think I copied with mine a few years later just to tizzy it up. I was at the 3AD Bombsight work shop in those days and may have cheated a bit by using fluorescent dial markings (in those days slightly radioactive) to mark the hours & minutes). My mind wanders more, whenever we rejuvenated instrument bezels, we were allocated a pint of milk a day at work to counter the radiation. Weird when reflecting back these days. I do remember those Kiwi Canberra's being smashed by hail. Was spectacular damage, then later when one of our Canberra's suffered a bird strike. The stench when cleaning guts & feathers from behind the instrument panel in the hot summer sun was putrefying. A lot more memories of those days flood back but I reckon you have them covered George. For anyone else viewing these emails, have a gander at the Facebook site, "Friends of the RAAF Canberra Bomber". There are people there who have much more vivid recall than I. Cheers! Barry

From Mike Swan.

Just read the magazine. As usual a top piece of work

As a side issue I notice the M113AS4 at the end of the pictures.

I did 5 years with Tenix Defence building and then teaching the Army how to drive, maintain and shoot the "butter boxes". If you want more pictures of a former cadet working on them I will write something for you Click here to view

cheers

Mike Swan (RAAF , ARes ret.)

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Now back to our roots You may have read many Flight magazines in your time in Cadets, but have you ever read one dated June 1921. AIRCDRE Peter Growder (Retired) another alumni committee member had this treasure in his collection. The material in this edition was excellent including the pages of aerodynamics that surprisingly haven’t changed too much. If you read the Editorial Comment on the enclosed magazine front page you will find that it was very accurate considering it was written some eight years before the Second World War.

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What are our Alumni up to? AAFC Centenary Project

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The Australian Air Cadets Alumni Network will be conducting an annual Heritage Writing Competition as part of the AAFC Centenary Project. The competition calls for Entrants to submit an original piece of research and writing on an aspect of air cadet history in Australia. Each entry must be accompanied with a completed official Entry Form, copies of which will be available from Wing HQs. The Rules and Conditions of Entry for the competition are part of the Entry Form The writing competition for 2018 will be formally launched on Saturday 11 November 2017. The 2018 will be open to all AAFC staff (uniformed and civilian) and all cadets who are on the AAFC establishment as of the competition launch date. There are two main categories for the 2018 competition:

(1) AAFC Staff: First Prize: $500.00 Second Prize: $100.00 Third Prize: Book award (2) AAFC Cadets: First Prize: $500.00 Second Prize: $100.00 Third Prize: Book award

Owen Zupp In our last magazine, we saw the work of Owen Zupp with his many aviation books. Owen has now started out on a series of Videos that provide some insight and material. This first video is titled, ‘The Shattered Goggles”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCfO3hD3l9k&feature=youtu.be Bob Gannaway Click here to read about Bob! Membership Leads We have been trying to increase our exposure and possible increase our membership. To that end, we have made contact with numerous Aviation Museums, Aviation organizations and Airlines. We have offered to provide some space in our newsletters to showcase their operations while at the same time, they display our material. We have been delighted with the support offered to date and we can now start with links for three of them. RAAFA Aviation Heritage Museum Bullcreek https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kb6eiuyf8ucfuh6/AAAwEcF6L0XC4ydhAt06x_Dca?dl=0 South Australian Aviation Museum http://www.saam.org.au/news/newsletters/

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Caboolture Warplane Museum www.caboolturewarplanemuseum.com.au/

Public Open Days on the third Sunday of every month, except December and January, 9am - 3pm.get more out of your visit at the Centre with your smart phone! Displays have QR codes alongside them, so with just one tap you can find out a wealth of information. This aspect of the displays is being redeveloped.

Remember to download a suitable QR Reader before visiting the Centre. You may like to consider downloading ‘OneTap QR’ for your iPhone in the App Store or Tapmedia's 'QR Reader for Android'.

Test your QR Reader by scanning the QR Code, right, it will take you back to our homepage!

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Upgraded plane spotters' lookout honours community legend From John Love

Yesterday, I attended the official opening of "Shep's Mound" at Sydney Airport. A grassed landscaped visitor’s area underneath the Control Tower, at the end of Ross Smith Avenue, Mascot.

A brilliant observation area, close to the middle of the main north/south runway which is where all the action is centred. Parking is provided for about 20 cars.

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Of special interest is a covered shelter, where the early aviation pioneering history is displayed.

Sydney Airport officially opened the upgraded Shep’s Mound plane spotters’ lookout honouring the memory of aviation enthusiast Bruce C. Shepherd. Sydney Airport Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Kerrie Mather said the upgraded lookout recognised the importance of the growing community of aviation enthusiasts that frequently use the site. “Aviation captures the hearts and minds of many of us and we’re proud to be home to a very active plane spotting community,” Ms Mather said. “With about 345,000 aircraft movements per year, our plane spotters have the chance to see an impressive range of aircraft fly in from around Australia and the world. Shep was an aviation enthusiast with strong links to the local community, starting the YSSY online forum for Sydney Airport plane spotters. The site has been known as Shep’s Mound since his death in 2005 and is a favourite location for the many plane spotters that visit Sydney Airport. 2 Wing School of Aviation 40 Year Reunion

Prior to the disbandment of the Air Training Corps by the Whitlam government in 1975, there was a limited Flying Scholarship system in place that provided the opportunity for cadets to obtain basic flying training. Due to funding limitations the opportunity for participation was restricted and therefore the awarding of a scholarship position became highly sought after and competitive.

With the reestablishment of the cadet system in 1976 after a change of government, there was no formal programme available for cadets to undergo flying training within the Air Training Corps. SQNLDR (AIRTC) Nev Currey, the Squadron Training Officer for Queensland Air Training Corps, was a Check Captain with Ansett Airlines of Australia and a RAAF Reserve pilot from World War 2. SQNLDR (AIRTC) Currey sought to reintroduce a vehicle that would enable cadets to participate in a flying training programme despite the lack of funding provided for such a programme. In 1977 he announced the commencement of a voluntary flying training programme that was open to all who wished to be involved. The programme commenced with theory lectures each Friday night at the RAAF Support Unit, Kangaroo Point and attracted 35 hopeful starters. At the completion of the training year, 10 of the participants were selected to undergo the self-funded practical component of

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the course which was conducted at RAAF Base Amberley commencing on New Years Day 1978. With the assistance of WGCDR Gordon French, an F-111 navigator and close friend of SQNLDR (AIRTC) Currey, the course was permitted to use the 1 Squadron facilities which included operating the training flights from the tarmac area amongst the rows of parked F-111’s.

The rest, as they say, is history with the school celebrating 40 years of operations in 2017. Many thousands of cadets since then have taken advantage of the opportunity to experience flying training with many continuing to successfully careers in the military and commercial aviation fields. The event was marked by a 40th anniversary reunion in November 2017 which was supported by a range of ex-students and staff members attending representing all eras of the school’s 40 year history.

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Article published in the Courier Mail on 05 Jan 78. As far as I know it is the oldest photo that records the very early days of the school. PS: I did go solo soon after the photo shoot. The morning of 05 Jan 78 (the day it was published) at just over six hours and was the first First Solo of the school. Nev presented me at the bar in the Officer’s Mess that evening where I was heartily received by the assembled operational squadron pilots. Great memories. Rod Stone

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Upcoming Events 2 Wing School of Aviation Annual Dinner The President of the Air Cadets School of Aviation

Wing Commander Gordon French AM

requests the pleasure of your company at the

Annual School Dinner

Date: Saturday 04 November 2017 Venue: The United Service Club, 183 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill Qld Pre-dinner drinks Military bar, dinner Moreton Room Dress: Jacket and Tie Time: 1800 for 1900 Speaker: Captain Richard (Dick) Broomhead Subscription: $80 per person (Pre-Dinner Drinks, Entree, Main Meal, Coffee and Mints), Partners welcome RSVP: 28 October 2017

Notes: Captain Richard (Dick) Broomhead Those of you with a sharp eye will recall this is not the first time a speaker with the surname Broomhead has addressed our annual dinner. Several years ago we were fortunate to host Ken Broomhead, a previous Chief Flying Instructor of the school and also a retired airline pilot of distinction. Richard Broomhead is Ken’s brother and, like Ken, is an engaging and entertaining speaker. Born in Adelaide, Richard moved to New Guinea with his parents to grow coffee in the Wahgi valley at the age of 14. Richard gained his Private Pilot licence in Cairns at the age of 20 before returning to work in New Guinea as a coffee buyer. His Commercial Pilot Licence was awarded by the Auckland Aero Club after completing training at the Wanganui Commercial Pilot’s school in New Zealand. Richard was then employed by Territory Airlines in Mt. Hagen and Mendi in the New Guinea highlands before joining Qantas in 1968 where he flew DC4, 707, 747 and 767 aircraft. As a Second Officer Richard was sent on leave without pay by Qantas for six years due to an oversupply of pilots with the introduction of the larger capacity 747. During this period he returned to New Guinea where he accrued another 5,000

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hours flying experience operating for Talair, Solomon Airlines, Macair and Independent Air Services as a Check and Training Captain. After returning to Qantas, Richard moved through the ranks to achieve command on the 747 before his selection as a Training Captain and subsequent promotion to Check Captain. His final status on the 747 was Senior Check Captain with Base Training (Initial circuit training) approval. A rare qualification held by few pilots. Richard retired from Qantas after 45 years of service and over 21,000 hours of flying experience. He has been awarded Fellowship with the Royal Aeronautical Society and recognised as a Master Air Pilot with the issue of Certificate number 920 by the Honourable Company of Air Pilots, for qualities of pilotage, air navigation, airmanship and character which have brought honour and respect to the profession. A writer of some note, Richard’s autobiography Living on the Edge of the Universe: Paradise can be Hell!!, a rollicking tale of how he managed a copra plantation in the remote South Pacific for two years when he was just 19 (Courier Mail Review, 2015). The book was nominated for the ‘Colin Roderick Award’ as the best Australian book of 2014. Richard has also written a number of short stories detailing his travel and pilot experiences. I have attached an example that was published in the Qantas Flight Operations magazine some years ago. Numbers: The venue is limited to 60 persons. Please reply promptly if you are planning to attend in order to secure your seat. Information related to the United Service Club is available at their website http://www.unitedserviceclub.com.au/ Parking: Free parking is available. Entry via Upper Edward Street Accommodation: The club has accommodation at reasonable rates. Please advise with your RSVP if you would like to book a room. RSVP: [email protected] Please include payment with your RSVP via one of the following methods:

1. Direct Deposit (preferred) o Name: Air Cadets SOA Inc o BSB: 064 107 o Account #: 10230144 o Reference: Surname/Initial

2. Credit Card (not preferred) o Via the attached authorisation form

Queries: Rod Stone 0423 837900

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Stories of Interest Thanks to John Love for sharing this Daily Telegraph Obituary for WING COMMANDER PETER ISAACSON AM, DFC, AFC, DFM

Isaacson (left) with Frank Forde, Australia’s then deputy prime minister, shortly before taking him on a flight WING COMMANDER PETER ISAACSON, who has died aged 96, was a highly decorated Royal Australian Air Force Pathfinder pilot who later had a distinguished career in publishing in Australia. Isaacson had completed one tour of operations as a bomber pilot when he joined No 156 Squadron in late November 1942. The squadron was re-equipping with the Lancaster and had just been selected as one of the first five squadrons to form the nucleus of the new Pathfinder Force. Using new navigation aids and dropping flares and target indicators, Isaacson and his fellow crews marked the target for the main bomber force following behind.

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Flying his Lancaster under Sydney Harbour Bridge Over the next few months Isaacson attacked industrial targets in Germany during the Battle of the Ruhr. On one of his early raids as a Pathfinder, his Lancaster was damaged when a German night fighter attacked it and he escaped into cloud before pressing on to the target. On the night of March 1 1943 he had dropped his target markers over Berlin flying at 17,000 feet when his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and severely damaged. The controls to the tail plane were badly disabled, a gun turret was put out of action and the aircraft lost a great deal of height but, with the aid of two of his crew, he was able to regain control and level out at 4,000 feet. On the return flight, a cone of searchlights illuminated the Lancaster for 15 minutes before Isaacson escaped. At this stage his aircraft had lost more height and was flying at 900ft. Still over enemy territory, and in a perilous situation, he managed to get the bomber back to base. He was awarded an immediate DFC, the citation commenting that he was “an outstanding captain”. Two of his crew were also decorated. The son of an Australian soldier and an Austrian mother, Peter Stuart Isaacson was born on July 31 1920 in London. When he was six his family moved to Melbourne, Australia, where he was educated at Brighton Grammar School. Aged 16, he became a messenger boy for The Age newspaper. In December 1940, he started training as a pilot, initially in Australia and then in Canada before returning to England to convert to bombers. Nearing the completion of his course Bomber Command launched a series of “Thousand Bomber” raids. To make up the numbers, some Wellingtons were flown by instructors and students from the bomber training units and Isaacson flew on the first two raids against Cologne and Essen in May and June 1942. He then joined the recently formed No 460 (RAAF) Squadron. Soon after joining the squadron, Isaacson and his crew attacked Kassel. An enemy night fighter damaged their Wellington as they were leaving but Isaacson managed to escape. On a raid to Turin, they were one of only two crews to bomb despite bad weather. In November the squadron sent seven aircraft to Mannheim when severe icing was encountered. Isaacson’s crew was the only one to bomb the target successfully. A week later, returning from Munich, they were attacked over Belgium and the two gunners beat off the night fighter.

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When Isaacson had completed 22 operations he was awarded the DFM. His CO described him as “exceptional and an ideal leader”. He was commissioned and he and his crew volunteered for the Pathfinder Force and joined No 156 Squadron in late November 1942. On completion of their tour with No 156 Squadron, having flown 45 operations, they were selected to fly their Lancaster “Q for Queenie” to Australia. They set off on May 21 1943 and, after a 15-hour flight over the Atlantic, they flew over Canada and the USA before heading across the Pacific. On arrival at Sydney, as the first Lancaster to reach Australia, large crowds including the prime minister and the governor-general met them. For this first east to west flight from Britain to Australia by the RAF, Isaacson was awarded the AFC. Over the next few months, the crew flew the bomber around Australia and New Zealand to encourage people to buy war bonds – £250 bought a flight and £5 a look around the aircraft. On October 22, they were demonstrating the aircraft at Sydney when Isaacson dropped down to 100 ft over the harbour and then, on impulse, flew under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This was captured on film and reinvigorated the war bond campaign. Isaacson left the RAAF in February 1946 and began a career in publishing that lasted for almost 50 years. He launched his first newspaper in 1947 before he established Peter Isaacson Publications. When he sold off his group of companies he was the largest independent publisher in Australia. He built a stable of suburban papers which transformed the Australian newspaper business. He also started a company in Singapore, which published 14 titles. In 1969 he founded the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishing Association and was made an honorary life member in 1987. For 60 years he served in support of the Victorian Shrine of Remembrance first as a trustee, then chairman and finally as a life governor. His guiding principle in life was: “When in doubt, do the courageous thing.” Peter Isaacson married Anne McIntyre in 1950. She died in 2016. Their two sons survive him. Peter Isaacson, born July 31 1920, died April 7 2017

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Inside the vintage bombers NASA is using to chase the rare event Thanks to Chris Graham for spotting this interesting article for us. https://www.nbcnews.com/leftfield/video/solar-eclipse-2017-inside-the-vintage-bombers-nasa-is-using-to-chase-the-rare-event-1025324611772 Vulcan raid on the Falklands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Yl8ntVS-4 The right place at the right time Thanks to Vintage Wings of Canada Some outstanding b&w photos from WWII http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/581/The-Right-Place-at-the-Right-Time.aspx Two WW2 Planes Collided Over Australia, Then The Pilot Who Saved Them Was Punished

In 1940, two planes collided in mid-air over Australia. Remarkably, there were no fatalities. Even more remarkably, the pilot responsible for saving the planes was punished.

Our story begins at the No. 2 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Station Forest Hill close to Wagga Wagga, New South Wales (NSW). WWII was on, so Britain set up the Empire Air Training Scheme throughout its territories to produce as many fighter pilots as possible.

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They were to master instrument flying, flying at night, navigating cross-country, flying in formation, aerobatic stunts, dive bombing, and of course, aerial gunnery. By July 1940, the school was still being built, but trainees had the use of Avro Ansons – British twin-engine craft designed for maritime reconnaissance missions.

Enter our hero – Flying Officer Leonard Graham Fuller, born on August 9, 1918 in Cootamundra, NSW. There’s also Flight Lieutenant Ian Menzies Sinclair (December 25, 1913 Genn Innes, NSW). Next is Leading Aircraftman Jack Inglis Hewson (August 11, 1921 Newcastle, NSW). And finally, Hugh Gavin Fraser (April 9, 1913 Camberwell, Victoria).

Ansons of No. 2 SFTS in formation in 1941 On September 29, 1940 the men went on a cross-country training exercise. Fuller piloted Tail number N4876 with Sinclair as his navigator, while Hewson flew the L9162 with Fraser as navigator. They were to fly over the towns of Corowa and Narrandera before returning to base.

It all went well till they reached the town of Brocklesby – a place so small that according to the 2006 census, it only had a population of 238 people. Small wonder, then, that they only bothered to set up a hotel in 2000.

Nothing much happens in Brocklesby, and about the only exciting thing they have is a pigeon club (seriously). As such, most Australians didn’t even know it existed… until Fuller came along, that is.

The men were at 1,000 feet when they made a banking turn, after which it all went downhill from there – literally. Hewson flew a little below Fuller’s plane when the latter lost sight of him… but not for long because the two collided.

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Avro Anson ZK-RRA According to Fuller, there was a “grinding crash and a bang as roaring propellers struck each other and bit into the engine cowlings.” Engine cowlings cover a plane’s engine, cool it by directing air flow into it, and reduce drag on the plane when in flight.

So now the planes were stuck to each other. Hewson’s turret had not only wedged itself into the upper plane’s port wing root (the area beneath the left wing), but his fin and rudder had also whacked the underside of Fuller’s port horizontal stabilizer.

It couldn’t possibly have gotten worse, but it did. The Cootamundra-born pilot’s engines stopped working. Fuller tried to restart his engines, but it was a no-go. And a good thing, too, or his propellers might have sliced through the lower plane.

But Fuller’s propellers had already pummelled Hewson’s fuselage before conking out, so the damage was done. The Newcastle man had hurt his back. The fused planes began circling over the tiny town while its pilots wondered what to do next.

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Side view of the two Ansons just outside Brocklesby Unable to do more, Hewson ordered his navigator to bail. Reluctantly, Fraser did just that. Fuller gave his navigator the same order, so Sinclair also jumped. Then he told Hewson to do the same. Despite his pain, and with a bit of manoeuvring as well as a lot of swearing, the injured pilot managed it.

So now there was one. Fortunately, the lower plane’s engines were still working. And while Fuller could no longer get his own to start, he was able to control his ailerons and flaps. With those responding and with the now-empty plane’s engines still running, Fuller considered his options.

Scanning the ground below, he remembered his training. Fuller managed another 5 miles before zooming toward the ground below. Then he made an emergency pancake landing (the technical term for a belly flop without the landing gear extended) in a large open field.

He slid some 200 yards across grass before finally stopping some 4 miles southwest of Brocklesby – putting it on the international map thanks to all the publicity it finally got. It would also receive a VIP – Group Captain Arthur “Spud” Murphy.

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Air Commodore Arthur William Murphy in 1919 after performing the first cross-country flight over Australia in 1919 Murphy and Captain Henry Wrigley became famous in 1919 for flying from Melbourne to Darwin – the first trans-Australian flight. By 1940 Murphy was also the RAAF’s Inspector of Air Accidents, which was why he flew directly from Melbourne to Brocklesby.

Fuller was still there, and when asked to explain, replied, “Well, sir, I did everything we’ve been told to do in a forced landing — land as close as possible to habitation or a farmhouse and, if possible, land into the wind. I did all that. There’s the farmhouse, and I did a couple of circuits and landed into the wind. She was pretty heavy on the controls, though!”

The media loved it! Brocklesby could have been obliterated – especially since there wasn’t (and still isn’t) much of it to destroy. Fuller was a hero!

Equally important, however, was that he had saved the government £40,000 – the combined value of both planes. Given the ongoing war, Australia needed to save as much money and resources as it possibly could.

Fuller (right) with Australian High Commissioner, Stanley Bruce, in London in 1941 The planes were repaired and put back in use as training vehicles. Hewson got treated for his back, Fuller was rewarded with the rank of sergeant, and it should have ended there. But it didn’t.

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The RAAF wanted to investigate the incident more fully, so they put Fuller on gag orders while they did so. Unfortunately, he couldn’t resist the media spotlight and gave out several interviews.

To punish him, he was confined to barracks for two weeks and was denied a week’s pay. The following month, they commended him and sent him off to Europe (where he received a Distinguished Flying Medal in March 1942) and the Middle East .

Later that year, Fuller returned to Australia where he tragically died – but not in combat. While bicycling near Sale on March 18, 1944 he was hit by a bus. The man who survived an air collision and several aerial dogfights was killed on land by public transportation.

OODA Loop 2.0 Information, Not Agility, is Life

By TOD SCHUCK Breaking Defense

Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act. The OODA Loop remains a key concept for those who fight, especially fighter pilots. After all, USAF Col. John Boyd made it and his theory of Energy-Manoeuvrability famous with his bold claim to be able to defeat any other pilot within 40 seconds. Boyd helped inspire the designs of the F-16 and F-15. But the days of speed and agility as kings may be waning. In what we think is a ground-breaking piece, we offer a new theory for fighter dominance, as well as for the domains of Electromagnetic Manoeuvre Warfare and Cyber Warfare. The key: getting good information more rapidly than the enemy and being able to use it more

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quickly. The authors of the new theory are Lockheed Martin’s Tod Schuck and the Air Force Research Lab’s Erik Blasch. Read on.

The F-35A excelled at the Red Flag exercises at Nellis AFB this year, leaving advocates of traditional fighter aircraft design and performance shaking their heads.

The 13 F-35As faced the most advanced aggressor aircraft and simulated threats available and the Joint Strike Fighter’s performance “far exceeded expectations,” Program Executive Officer Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan said. The latest figures show a kill ratio as high as 20:1 for the F-35A. This performance advantage is changing the way the services are understanding how to fight with the F-35. For example, Capt. Stephanie Anne Fraioli’s article in the Air & Space Power Journal notes that: “With fourth-generation fighter airframes, speed and energy equalled life and survivability. In the fifth-generation realm, information equals life.”

This last statement that “information equals life” is the key point. When Col. John Boyd formed his energy-manoeuvrability (EM) theory in 1966 with Thomas Christie and Lt. James Gibson, he created the concept that the available energy in a fighter aircraft “equals life”. EM theory provides a method to understand the relationship between altitude and the kinetic energy (position and velocity) of an aircraft to define aircraft manoeuvrability. Boyd is famous for his claim that within 40 seconds, from an initial position of disadvantage, he could defeat any opposing pilot via the use of his EM principles in mock aerial combat.

Over several years the problem space in modern warfare has changed. In Command and Control (C2) there are four domains that have been described by Drs. Alberts and Hayes: physical, information, cognitive, and social. Boyd’s work focused on the physical domain – designing a multi-ton fighter aircraft so that it would always be in a position to dominate an adversary in a dog fight. Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus Cars in the United Kingdom, is famous for a similar design method. To him, weight was always the enemy in the “dog fight” of close wheel formula racing. He often defeated much more powerful and heavier opponents because his cars were more manoeuvrable and retained more energy exiting the corners in races. In motor racing, the more speed that you carry out of a corner, not into it, will always result in a faster course time.

Today in warfare, information domain manoeuvrability matters more than physical domain manoeuvrability. Aerial dogfights have been replaced by beyond-visible-range (BVR) targeting and execution. In his article about the Red flag exercise, Colin quotes Lt. Col. Tyler Lewis, commander of the 57th Adversary Tactics Support Squadron at Nellis AFB that in a fourth generation aircraft

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“you get whacked a lot”. Lewis often had no idea he was going to die until he was declared dead during the Red Flag training.

Erik Blasch, of the Air Force Research Lab, and I have recently developed a theory that we believe explains the F-35’s superior performance in simulations and war games like the Red Flag exercises: Information Power (IP) and Information Manoeuvrability (IM).

Col. Boyd’s EM theory, which shaped the design of the F-15 and F-16 fighters to be superior in the physical domain, has been brought to a new level. IM theory explains how the F-35 is dominant in simulated warfare exercises via the information domain.

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Instead of position, thrust, lift, velocity and other physical parameters, IM theory uses parameters from communication theory. These include communication channel capacity, information entropy, number of messages sent (per unit time), and the velocity of those messages. This produces the IP measure which is similar to the Boyd formulation for specific energy (Es). Then, by comparing your information position (power) to other adversaries, you can determine whether you have the stronger or weaker information position, the basis for IM superiority. The principle here is the same as used for mechanical advantage in a system. If you need to elevate a car in order to change a tire it is nearly impossible to use your bare hands to manually lift the corner of the car you need to raise. However, by using a simple car jack you multiply your exerted force in the area you need to lift the car. IM works this same ratio in the information domain.

The IM theory formulation is explanatory, and Dr. Blasch and I still need to run simulations of the principles. However, a credible theory must also be predictive so we believe that in the analysis of information-centric systems, we will be able to also predict with high accuracy who will win any given engagement in battle or in similar domains such as automated financial trading systems.

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The F-35 is a high bandwidth, networked, highly capable sensor/weapon, low observable platform that is superior in the information domain over all other types of aircraft. It will continue to win the “information dog fight” against all other adversaries if it maintains its IM advantage. This is information dominance. This same principle is also true for the Third Offset warfare areas of Electromagnetic Manoeuvre (EMW) and Cyber Warfare.

Drs. Tod Schuck and Erik Blasch published their early research on the new OODA Loop at the National Fire Control Symposium earlier in February of this year. They are crafting a paper for a general publication

PEARL HARBOUR, Things you might not have known What God did at Pearl Harbor that day is interesting and I never knew this little bit of history: Tour boats ferry people out to the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii every thirty minutes. We just missed a ferry and had to wait thirty minutes. I went into a small gift shop to kill time. In the gift shop, I purchased a small book entitled, "Reflections on Pearl Harbor" by Admiral Chester Nimitz. Sunday, December 7th, 1941--Admiral Chester Nimitz was attending a concert in Washington , DC. He was paged and told there was a phone call for him. When he answered the phone, it was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the phone. He told Admiral Nimitz that he (Nimitz) would now be the Commander of the Pacific Fleet. Admiral Nimitz flew to Hawaii to assume command of the Pacific Fleet. He landed at Pearl Harbor on Christmas Eve, 1941. There was such a spirit of despair, dejection and defeat--you would have thought the Japanese had already won the war.

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On Christmas Day, 1941, Adm. Nimitz was given a boat tour of the destruction wrought on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Big sunken battleships and navy vessels cluttered the waters everywhere you looked. As the tour boat returned to dock, the young helmsman of the boat asked, "Well Admiral, what do you think after seeing all this destruction?" Admiral Nimitz's reply shocked everyone within the sound of his voice. Admiral Nimitz said, "The Japanese made three of the biggest mistakes an attack force could ever make, or God was taking care of America Which do you think it was?" Shocked and surprised, the young helmsman asked, "What do mean by saying the Japanese made the three biggest mistakes an attack force ever made?" Nimitz explained: Mistake number one: The Japanese attacked on Sunday morning. Nine out of every ten crewmen of those ships were ashore on leave. If those same ships had been lured to sea and been sunk--we would have lost 38,000 men instead of 3,800. Mistake number two: When the Japanese saw all those battleships lined in a row, they got so carried away sinking those battleships, they never once bombed our dry docks opposite those ships. If they had destroyed our dry docks, we would have had to tow every one of those ships to America to be repaired. As it is now, the ships are in shallow water and can be raised. One tug can pull them over to the dry docks, and we can have them repaired and at sea by the time we could have towed them to America . And I already have crews ashore anxious to man those ships. Mistake number three: Every drop of fuel in the Pacific theatre of war is in top of the ground storage tanks five miles away over that hill. One attack plane could have strafed those tanks and destroyed our fuel supply. That's why I say the Japanese made three of the biggest mistakes an attack force could make or God was taking care of America I've never forgotten what I read in that little book. It is still an inspiration as I reflect upon it. In jest, I might suggest that because Admiral Nimitz was a Texan, born and raised in Fredericksburg , Texas -- he was a born optimist. But any way you look at it--Admiral Nimitz was able to see a silver lining in a situation and circumstance where everyone else saw only despair and defeatism. President Roosevelt had chosen the right man for the right job. We desperately needed a leader that could see silver linings in the midst of the clouds of dejection, despair and defeat.

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A Canopy Breaking Tool in your Car John Laming discussed, in a previous newsletter, the need for Canopy Breaking Tools in aircraft cockpits. You may have spotted them on buses but did you know that you have some in your car that could save your life if you are trapped in your flooded cabin.

Alpha Jetman – Human Flight and Beyond https://www.youtube.com/embed/pNaZCDhvh88 CANADA COULD BUY SECOND HAND F/A-18 HORNETS FROM THE RAAF https://theaviationgeekclub.com/canada-buy-second-hand-fa-18-hornet-fighter-jets-australia/

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What our Cadets are up to 6 WING AIR FORCE CADETS GET A LIFT

6 Wing Cadets enjoying their C-130J experience flight [ image supplied by No 603 Squadron, Berri ] Click here to find out more. BOMBER COMMAND MEMORIAL SERVICE

No 6 Wing air force cadets mounted a Catafalque Party for the 2017 RAAF Association (SA) Bomber Command Service in Adelaide (left to right): Leading Cadet Sean Fry, Cadet Sergeant Christian Custodio and Cadet Corporal Oran Levy (all No 605 Squadron, AAFC); the Guard Commander was Cadet Warrant Officer Jacob O’Connor (also 605 Squadron, not in picture). The Ensign Orderly is Cadet Corporal Courtney Semmler (608 Squadron, AAFC). Click here to find out more.

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International Air Cadet Exchange Dinner hosted by CAF AIRMSHL Gavin Davies, AO, CSC, Chief of Air Force hosted the International Air Cadet Exchange Dinner at the Australian Defence Force Academy on 25 July. Your alumni was very well represented there with several members of the AAFC National Council including the Chairman AVM Hugh Bartholomeusz, OAM, RFD. The countries represented were, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States of America. The visiting cadets each gave a presentation giving a brief overview of cadet activities in their respective countries. Interestingly, a very high percentage of the cadets were involved in aviation studies. Therefore, the visit to Boeing Defence Industries, Amberley and the Queensland Aviation Museum were highlights of their visit. Each year the cadets rate very highly their visit to Australia Zoo and an airborne visit to the cockpit. This year it was in the KC30.

CAF and Team USA, the CAP team

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Inbound IACE Cadets visit Queensland Aviation Museum

Our IACE Inbound visitors at Queensland Aviation Museum briefed by one of our alumni, AVM Dave Dunlop, retired. 202 Squadron AAFC receives Freedom of Entry

The Challenge 202 Squadron AAFC was granted the Freedom of the City (Logan) on Saturday 19 August. 202 Squadron provided a very impressive display that was very well received by the public and local councillors. A highlight of the activity was the traditional Welcome to the Country by a local Elder,

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Aunty Robyn. Welcome to Country gives custodians the opportunity to formally welcome people to their land. The Elder spoke of the tradition of welcoming visiting tribes through their land and likened it to the Freedom of Entry. She was delighted to see today’s youth continuing those traditions. The audience was informed that the Freedom of the City is an honour bestowed by a municipality upon a valued member of the community. The Freedom of the City can also be granted by municipal authorities to military units which have earned the city's trust; in this context, it is sometimes called the Freedom of Entry. This allows them the freedom to parade through the city, and is an affirmation of the bond between the regiment and the citizenry, allowing them the privilege to march into the city "with drums beating, colours flying, and bayonets fixed". Cadets visit USS Ronald Reagan

50 cadets from 212 & 224 SQNs based at Shapcott Base, Redcliffe, had the opportunity of a private tour onboard the USS Ronald Reagan which is currently docked at the Port of Brisbane.

Thanks to WOFF(AAFC) Steve McCann for pulling it all together with very short notice!

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418SQN

On Sunday 13 August 418SQN participated in the 75th anniversary of Operation Pedestal. Cadets marched proudly and with a high standard, receiving high praise from those who attended. All staff and cadet staff are proud of those who attended and we hope to see you next year. 223 Squadron Cadet News (E.Mag) Click here to read And our Ex Cadets CADETS LIVING THE DREAM // ROHAN'S STORY "My name is Rohan Khanna and I joined the Australian Air Force Cadets in July 2011. I had initially joined as I was undertaking aviation as a subject in school and I thought this would be one of the ways to broaden my understanding and opportunities in a military environment whilst also honing my team building and leadership skills. Through my time there, I reached the rank of Cadet Warrant Officer. I was fascinated by all external activities that we conducted every few weeks, whether that may be in a bush environment enhancing our fieldcraft skills, on the tarmac experiencing flying or on the parade ground with drill. The squadron in itself was a fantastic and friendly environment with great mates and supporting staff that you will know for a long time. Furthermore, the learning in various different avenues such as leadership, communication, public speaking are extremely beneficial skills to have in the wider community. This lead to my career as pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force currently undertaking a Bachelor of Technology Degree at the Australian Defence Force Academy. The exposure from cadets and my

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passion for aviation and flying are all paved my path to where I am today. Core skills such as those mentioned above along with being exposed to drill, military history, customs and traditions through the AAFC have been an integral part in getting me here and benefit me on a daily basis".

A CADETS LIFE in 5 minutes Still waiting for your story to share. We have a great initiative from Chris Meuzelaar from Albany WA. Chris has asked some of his ex Cadets a few questions on their life and times as a Cadet and giving us a Cadet’s Life in 5 minutes. You may like to try it and send in your comments. Hi Sir, Got this idea for an article to publish, let me know if you like the idea and I will get some ex 7wg cadets to fill it out as a first of for the next issue, you would then be able to get others to reply to the newsletter by filling out the questionnaire, hopefully it would engage the audience out there and get some useful feedback for the AAFC/RAAF. It could be ongoing as a series from one newsletter to the next as room provides. Regards, Chris Name & Rank: a) So what made you want to be a cadet? b) What is your first memory of cadets? c) What is your best memory of cadets? d) Which Instructor/Senior Cadet had the biggest impact on your life, why? e) What did cadets teach you most? f) What would you tell a new recruit joining today? This page is not Intentionally Blank.

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It’s just waiting for your story.

Feedback Please feel free to send through any feedback or suggestions you may have to us at [email protected] Keep in Touch // 2017 + Beyond Many of you are reading this Newsletter after logging on to our Alumni Web Site. You can come and join us, at no cost. Thanks to our friends at the AAFC for running our advertisement. Are you leaving the Australian Air Force Cadets? You can keep in touch with mates through our network website & social pages. It's also a great opportunity to contribute your experience and ideas to help the Air Force Cadets of tomorrow. Current and past staff are also welcome! Stay connected via the Australian Air Cadets Alumni Network. www.aircadetsalumni.org.au #airforcecadets

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